SC issues notice to Centre on plea challenging conditions for maternity leave for adoptive mothers

Section 5(4) of the Maternity Benefit Act states that a woman can take maternity leave only if she adopts a child who is less than three months old.

Scroll Staff

· Oct 02, 2021 · 01:08 pm

Adoption in India is a challenge. The pandemic made it a nightmare

For months, the lockdown prevented adoptive parents from getting to their babies. Now, they are facing hurdles in the legal process.

Aarefa Johari

· Sep 17, 2020 · 09:00 am

Around 60% of all children adopted in India in last three years were girls, shows government data

The number of girls being placed in inter-country adoption was also significantly higher than that of boys.

Scroll Staff

· Feb 12, 2019 · 01:10 pm

Maneka Gandhi urges Missionaries of Charity to return to central adoption system

The organisation stopped putting children up for adoption using the central authority’s system in 2015 after refusing to follow new guidelines on the matter.

Scroll Staff

· Oct 29, 2018 · 07:27 pm

From now on, passports for adopted children will need Child Development Ministry clearance

The order of the External Affairs Ministry comes in light of the death of Sherin Mathews, the three-year-old adopted from India who died in Texas.

Scroll Staff

· Oct 27, 2017 · 09:22 pm

Centre tweaks adoption rules, prospective parents can no longer ‘pick and choose’ children

They can only accept or reject the child offered by the national adoption body.

Scroll Staff

· Apr 30, 2017 · 03:11 pm

At HarperCollins India, staff adopting pets can enjoy ‘pawternity leave’

To provide the best of work-life balance, the publishing company has begun to grant employees five-day paid leaves to allow them time to bond with their pets.

Scroll Staff

· Apr 06, 2017 · 08:03 pm

In god we trust: Adoption beats surrogacy in the movies

From embracing orphans to taking in illegitimate children, Hindi cinema has been pro-adoption (with caveats).

Damini Kulkarni

· Oct 25, 2016 · 12:00 pm

Girl adoptions outnumber boys in last three years: Government data

The Ministry of Women and Child Development has also received positive feedback from adoption agencies and other stakeholders regarding the new guidelines it implemented recently.

Scroll Staff

· Jan 10, 2016 · 04:50 pm

A message for Mother Teresa’s nuns from adoptive mothers: Being a single parent is fulfilling

The Missionaries of Charity has stopped services at its 16 orphanages and adoption centres because it opposes the idea of allowing single parents to adopt a child.

Aarefa Johari

· Oct 12, 2015 · 10:30 am